11 November 2011 Home to Keith
We got away from home at around 3:20pm and headed south. I chose to go via the Dukes Highway, even though it was a bit further than the Princes Highway, as it seemed that there were a couple of reasonable Free camps about 3hrs drive away. We are quickly learning that most overnight rest areas in SA aren’t all that user friendly. They all seem to be very close to the main road and dry dusty places at that.
So we decided to spend the night in a caravan park at Keith. It wasn’t to bad a park, very small and there were only about 5 people staying there, and two of them looked like
permanents.
We have decided to take Aiko (our dog) away with us from now on, as she tends to fret when we leave her behind. She always takes a night or two to settle down when we take
her away.
12 November 2011 Keith to Robe via Kingston
Aiko didn’t disappoint us, she had a very restless night, apparently. ( Deb told me in the morning, :-), )
We were on the road by about 9am and headed to Kingston, to pick up a crayfish (Lobster) for dinner, and then headed to Robe. We had to wait about 20 minutes for the Cray, they hadn’t quite finished cooking them when we got there. Now that’s what I call fresh.
We got to Robe before lunch and settled into the Lakeside Caravan Park.
Deb settled in for a relaxing afternoon with her papers, while I headed down to the Jetty to do a bit of fishing. Deb enjoyed her afternoon with her papers and I had a relaxing afternoon almost totally undisturbed by fish. A flathead that fits into the palm of your hand hardly qualifies as a fish, but I’ll take it. I threw it back to grow a bit more.
After getting back to the van, I took the Cray out of the fridge and shelled it all ready for dinner.
We gave mum and dad a call for their 58th Wedding Anniversary, and to wish them safe travels for their cruise. Mum was jealous about our Cray for dinner, but then
realised she had so much more to look forward to on the cruise. We both hope they have a fantastic time.
Soon enough it was time for tea. And with the pop of a Moet Champagne cork we toasted each other and enjoyed our Crayfish and salad dinner. The Cray was beautifully sweet
and firm, and the Moet was a perfect accompaniment. I guess our short break has began in style.
13 November 2011 Robe
Aiko was a bit better last night, hopefully tonight she will sleep all night! We eventually slept in until about 9am. We both rolled over and slept a bit more after a final 6:30am pee outing for Aiko.
After breakfast I went down to the bakery and got the Sunday paper, some fresh rolls for lunch and couple of delicous looking Vanilla Slices for later. We had a slice with morning tea and it was very good.
Around 11:30am I left Deb with her paper and went fishing. After spending about an hour fishing for bream in a local lake, without a bite, I headed to the entrance of Fox ‘s Lake (known locally as Fox’s Beach The Outlet). The tide was heading towards low and there was a good flow of water out of the Lake. After a couple of casts I got my first keeper. A flathead over 600mm long. After getting it in and safe in a holding bucket, I rang
Deb to tell her that we had fish for tea, she was excited (my fishing excursions are often fruitless). Not long after that first catch I got another Flathead about the same size. Then the tide changed and the outflow stopped and so did the fish.
I filleted my catch very badly, (I really must get myself a good filleting knife) and then headed back to Deb and Akio. She was very impressed with my catch. After I cleaned up a bit we went out for a drive around Robe and the local sights. The coastline around here is very dramatic with very rugged rocky headlands and sandy beaches. There is a relatively new comercial fishing marina, with an impressive local fishing fleet. We went for a walk along the Jetty and then came back to the van for a quiet afternoon. Fresh fish for tea, yum. 🙂
Our offical photographer is having some trouble getting going, but as soon as we have some photos to share we
will post them.
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